Quote Originally Posted by Nellah View Post
Introductory Ivy Bridge chips will, but they're already planning to release an 8-core Xeon for the LGA2011 socket, and I'm hoping Ivy Bridge chips will follow suit. I can't remember where, but Intel hinted at 8-core IB chips and if they're putting the 6-core SB chips (and reportedly seeing a gain in performance from increased memory channels, as per my link) they'd be stupid to not do the same for their highest performance-per-clock core.
Pretty sure there is supposed to be an 8 core Ivybridge. :3 I plan to get it. I'm pretty much in the same boat as Synthaxx, I want to get the best Ivybridge CPU they bring out. ^_<

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Quote Originally Posted by CardboardBox View Post
I wasn't aware of the new cpus coming out, so I suppose it would be a waste to buy this one. I'll swap it out with the i7 2600k and the motherboard with a ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard.
I don't see you needing Z68... especially if you plan to get dual Vertex 3s.... Just get a P67.